The Cheadle and Gatley Urban District covered a much larger area than the current Cheadle and Gatley ward, including not only Cheadle and Gatley but also Cheadle Hulme and Heald Green. It used Bruntwood Hall as its town hall from 1944 to 1959, and Abney Hall from 1960 to 1974.
References
^Makepeace, Chris E. (1988). Cheadle and Gatley in old picture postcards. European Library. ISBN90-288-4674-3.
2 Bowden, Tom. Community and Change. Manchester: E. J. Morten, 1974.